Sweet and Simple

Hello, everyone! Here is sweet and simple card I made in 5 minutes!

The paper is from Basic Grey's Marjolaine paper pack.

I love the colors in this pack! There are lots of pretty blue hues matched with

some funky bright greens!

I like how the layered paper looks, too! It adds extra interest!

This stamp is my new favorite! It is from "Slice of Life" by Stampin' Up!

I finally started using my SU Blender Pens and I absolutely love them!

You use them with an ink pad and you can make the intensity of the color brighter or darker

depending on how much ink you use! They are so much fun!

The ink I used is a pretty mix of blues and greens from a set by Martha Stewart!



Well, that's all for now! Thanks for visiting! See you soon!

Get Organized!

So what have I been doing today? Other than beating Chad at Scrabble,

I decided I needed to do some organizing!

I went through all my envelopes, measured them and labeled them!

It was so frustrating trying to find the right size for a card

since they were all mixed together!

Who knew I had 8 different sizes of envelopes?! Why? No clue!

                                      

                         I found this really cute green basket at World Market to fix up my cards!

            I had them in an expandable filing system and they were getting bent so I had to do something!

They are all appropriately labeled according to occassion!

Ah, yes...while moving things around, I found several different stacks of random paper!

So, poof! Organized!

Though I am very happy to have my own space, it's well...uninviting.

I need some inexpensive storage solutions! Help! I have a lot of room,

but I think I need to move things around! Any ideas? Let me know!

Thanks for visiting! Stop by again soon, I am determined to post more often!



Summer Card Classes, week 2!

Ok, so I failed at getting a card up last week, but here is this week's color combo!

And Here is the first card I made with this combo...

I'm not a fan. I had a lot of trouble with these colors.

I also used a sketch from Kristina Werner which I have never done before

so I guess there's a first time for everything!

So I tried again.

I did my own thing with this card! And I love it!

 The Yellow strip is stamped in Poppy Parade as is "Thanks."

Yeay! I did it and it was fun!

Thanks for visiting!



Yes, I'm finally Blogging again!

Just something for you to look forward to...I will have my creation up ASAP!

Spring Time...well almost!

Well, maybe it's not even ALMOST spring. With all the snow and ice, it seems like winter is here to stay! However, I was inspired by a fellow blogger with some spring flowers. So I lifted the idea and put it on a bottle! Visit her blog here http://www.mailebelles.blogspot.com/ She has some serious flower fusion going on and though I am very proud of my project, I actually think she did a better job! So here it is!

I cut out the flowers using my Stamping Cricut Cartridge then added some buttons on top. Then popped them up with some dimentionals! The paper for the flowers is from Basic Grey...imagine that! The base paper of the bottle is from Greenhouse Gala  and the tan is Crumb Cake, both by Stampin' Up!

The white button on the purple flower is actually a Christmas button...I just flipped it over! Shh! Don't tell!

I used my Storybook Cricut Cartridge to cut out the word "Spring." I love how the letters go off the edges of the paper!

Yeay! I love blogging! It's so much fun! Thanks for visiting!

Addicted to Basic Grey

OK so I have a problem. I am addicted to Basic Grey.  As mentioned in my last post, Kristina's layouts are so versatile!  You will notice that this is almost the same layout as the card in my previous post!

The patterned paper in the background of this card, I have decided, is my favorite from the Hopscotch collection!  And just look at that flower! It coordinates perfectly!



The "Thanks" stickers are micro mono stickers from BG as well! When I received them in my kit, I thought they had been damaged! They have little marks all over them, looking like they had got stepped on a few times! Only later, after asking around, did I learn they were distressed and supposed to look like that! Duh! That made me feel really dumb, but it makes sense! Their distressed look works perfectly with the rest of the collection! 

OK, so maybe the next time I post, I will have something other than Basic Grey....or maybe not! Like I said I am addicted and there is just so much fun to be had with this collection! Catch you next time!



Basic Grey Inspiration

I absolutely love Basic Grey's Hopscotch collection!  Everything on this card is Basic Grey.  I am taking this online class with Kristina Werner and this is a layout she came up with! I cannot take the credit! Go to her blog so see what else she came up with for this collection at www.kwernerdesign.com She is super talented!  So this is my spin on a card she did!

I love the popped pieces!

You can buy a package of these office tabs separately and they are so cute!  Everything in the collection works together so it's hard to mess anything up!

I absolutely love the color combinations and how they incorporate into all the different patterned papers! So if you haven't yet, go check out Kristina Werner's blog then go get on eBay and get yourself some Hopscotch paper! You won't regret it!